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If you’ve been to London or Paris, or if you’ve been here you may recognise the sign. Where was this photo taken?
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I know! Was in one of those gondolas not so long ago.
Looking forward to seeing more pics from your visit in the coming days.
That looks like it’s from something clean and new – my guess would be it’s one of the pods of the Wheel of Excellence at the V&A.
Notfall is German for emergency – pronounced noot-fal (similar to Nootgeval in Afrikaans).
No idea, but it is a funny sign.
Deems is absolutely right, Paul. «Notfall» is German.
Absolutely correct – it’s from the Wheel of Excellence.
Thanks for the head’s up on the translation… I feel kinda silly for not working it out.
No problem. The conversations on your blog help me a lot to save my ability to speak English quite fluently. I can’t believe, how fast one can lose verbal sovereignty in a foreign language, if one doesn’t use it continuously. It’s a Win-win situation, you know. Btw: The «Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz&rquo; is waiting to be pronounced by you. *lol*
Btw: British Airways also have trouble finding correct German words.
The German version of «on board» is «an Bord». «Ausschuss means either «board» in the meaning of commission or a «defective good».
I found the security brochure on my flight from Joburg to Cape Town.
Okay, let me give it a try Ali – Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz – close enough?
Yeah, how’s that BA thing. Kerry-Anne works in the language field so she’ll have some entertainment reading that.
Record your pronounciation and put it on Youtube.
In SA, I’ve also learnt that you can buy the beer Pilsner Urquell. The beer was my very first order in a restaurant. Me: “I would like a Pilsner Urquell” (German pronouncation). The waiter: “Ok, one…” silence … ” ehrm … Quell!” 
Ha ha – caught out I guess.